Know what to decide before you ask for a price.
Start with the free Renovation Pre-Check. Detailed specification support is issued to clients when a project starts.
Five things, in the order they happen.
Every planning tool ELS has is still below, and every one of them opens from inside these five. Start anywhere — nothing is locked.
- Start or resume my briefOne question about what you are trying to achieve, and the right site takes it from there.
- Plan a roomConfirm the house type, then choose how the room is arranged — everything else is judged against it.
- Resolve open decisionsEvery option side by side, with what it does to use, cost direction and looks.
- Review my specificationEverything you have chosen, assembled into the document ELS works from.
- Prepare for showroom/measurementWhat ELS sends ahead, so the session settles decisions instead of starting again.
The specialist tools behind those five — lighting, shading, furniture, appliances, materials, dimensions and the rest. Every one is reachable directly, and several open on their own inside the steps above.
Not sure where to begin? Start with the Renovation Pre-Check.
It tells you your risk level, likely trades, budget confidence, decision list, and whether you need ALUMAX product supply or ELS specification support. Budget guidance is built into the result — no separate step.
Scope the room, then decide
The tools that settle what the room has to do — scope, decisions, lifestyle and budget — before you pick a material or ask for a price.
Room Layouts
Start here. Confirm your house type, then see how each room is usually arranged for it — where the sofa goes, where you walk — drawn as a simple top-down plan. Style and scope both come after this.
Open toolRoom Decision System
Every room decision weighed on use, cost and look — so you choose on how the space has to perform, not just the finish.
Open toolFree · before any exterior specGround Condition Check
Before decking, cladding, soffits or gate posts: record settlement, cracks, drainage, levels, soil records and adjoining works. It produces no risk score — it tells you whether an engineer should see the site first.
Open toolFreeLighting Designer
Design light around what you do and the surfaces you see — ten decisions in order, each option weighed on use, look and cost. Fewer, better-placed fixtures on separate layers, not a ceiling of downlights.
Open toolFreeScreens & Shading Designer
Curtains, blinds, louvres and panels — ten decisions in order, from the real problem (glare, heat, privacy) to operation. A dual-layer default: light-filtering by day, blackout by night, external shading where the sun is fierce.
Open toolFreeFurniture Designer
Loose furniture that supports the room, not fills it — ten decisions in order, plus a curated ~100-piece library tagged to the activities each piece serves. Built for StayReady lets: durable, washable, turnover-ready.
Open toolFreeAppliance & Equipment Coordination
The 10 kitchen appliances, planned before the cabinets — each with its cut-out, clearances, services and the exact-model record to lock before the shop drawing. Never approve a cabinet drawing on estimated dimensions.
Open toolFreeHow You Live
Set the lifestyle requirements — who uses the space and how — before any style is chosen. Function first.
Open toolFreeWhat Your Budget Builds
See what each budget band actually builds — Essential, Signature or Bespoke — mapped to real scope, so the number means something.
Open toolFreeCommercial Viability Simulator
Your own numbers in — rent, ticket, margin — and the premises' requirements out: daily break-even, needed walk-ins, maximum affordable rent, payback. ELS designs the space around what those numbers demand.
Open toolFreeELS Design Brief
Every choice you make across ELS — style, saved rooms, materials, colours, products, budget — collects here, so you and ELS see the whole decision in one place.
Open toolFreeStorage tier
So ELS does not hand you a hardware catalogue. You choose a storage tier, and the accessories are specified for you from the room, the budget and the style.
Open toolFreeSite Readiness
What must be true on site before ALUMAX supplies and installs.
Open toolFreeAppliances & Equipment
How to choose appliances and equipment against the requirements, with no brand, store or price, and one list of your own to copy or print.
Open tool36 sets with named design options, side by side
Layouts, tiers, materials, lighting and the StayReady packages, shown so the difference is seen before it's priced.
See exactly what you receive.
Sample deliverables show the drawings, specifications and finishes you sign off before anything is cut.
Supporting selections
Useful once direction is set — flooring, hardware, colour and room sizes, all vetted for Sarawak conditions.
Cabinet Material & Spec Checker
Pick the room and moisture zone — get the right substrate and the matching ALUMAX route, from the FLYHOME P6 value route in dry zones to ACP / honeycomb aluminium where wet.
Open toolFreeBacksplash Planner
Add each wall segment and see which materials suit each wall, the junction and opening checks, and a planning area.
Open toolFreeFlooring Selection
Flooring for each space, vetted for Sarawak conditions — moisture, termites, heat — with maintenance guides.
Open toolFreeHardware & Finishes
Handles and hinges for durability in Sarawak's climate — corrosion resistance, moisture tolerance and soft-close mechanics.
Open toolFreeColor Palette
Paint colours vetted for Sarawak conditions — UV fade, mildew and heat — paired against flooring and hardware.
Open toolFreeRoom Sizes
Note rough width and length per room. Saved to your ELS Design Brief so planning and budgeting work from real numbers, not guesses.
Open toolFree · after your layoutFull Room Scope Builder
Mark the whole-room scope — waterproofing, power, lighting, AC, ventilation, openings, floor, wall, ceiling, furniture — and produce one coordinated brief before anyone quotes. Come here once the arrangement is settled.
Open toolEvery choice, assembled into one proposal.
As you run the tools, ELS assembles your recommended direction, spaces, materials, the ELS-and-ALUMAX scope split and ELS's design fee into one proposal, kept on this device. Print it or save it as a PDF, or send it to ELS on WhatsApp.
A little clarity early can save revisions later.
Design intent — subject to feasibility and site measurement; any variation is agreed with you before work continues.